BroadcastReceiver用於監聽系統全局廣播消息,由於BroadcastReceiver是一種全局的監聽器,因此它可以非常方便地實現系統中不同組件之間通信
啟動它需要兩步
1.創建需要啟動的BroadcastReceiver的Intent
2.調用Context的SendBroadcast或sendOrederedBroadcast方法來啟動指定的BroadcastReceiver
這其中關鍵是創建Intent時,要setAction("xxx"),而BroadcastReceiver就要創建它的filter,或在代碼中指定,或在xml中指定
下面以一個簡單例子說明,例子是一個向廣播發送消息的程序
發送端主界面代碼
- package WangLi.Service.Broadcast;
- import android.app.Activity;
- import android.content.Intent;
- import android.os.Bundle;
- import android.view.View;
- import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
- import android.widget.Button;
- public class Broadcast extends Activity {
- Button send;
- @Override
- public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
- super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
- setContentView(R.layout.main);
- // 獲取界面中的按鈕
- send = (Button) findViewById(R.id.send);
- send.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
- @Override
- public void onClick(View arg0) {
- // 創建Intent對象
- Intent intent = new Intent();
- // 設置Intent的Action屬性
- intent.setAction("WangLi.Test");
- intent.putExtra("msg", "簡單的消息");
- //發送廣播
- sendBroadcast(intent);
- }
- });
- }
- }
接着創建一個BroadcastReceiver監聽器
- package WangLi.Service.Broadcast;
- import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
- import android.content.Context;
- import android.content.Intent;
- import android.widget.Toast;
- public class MyReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
- @Override
- public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
- Toast.makeText(
- context,
- "接收到的Intent的Action為:" + intent.getAction() + "\n消息內容是:"
- + intent.getStringExtra("msg"), 5000).show();
- }
- }
向AndroidManifest.xml中配置該receiver,主要是intent filter
- <receiver android:name="MyReceiver" >
- <intent-filter>
- <action android:name="WangLi.Test" />
- </intent-filter>
- </receiver>
要注意的是BroadcastReceiver的過期時間為10秒,如果是耗時的操作應放在service中去完成,BroadcastReceiver只適合短時間的計算任務,因為它的生命周期非常短